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Principal's Blog - Friday 7th November

Many of you will have read our latest Ofsted report when it was released
earlier this week and I would like to thank you for your continued support in
restoring the pride back in Sandown Bay Academy. We are particularly proud of
the judgments made about sixth form and hope to see many Year 11 students at
our Sixth Form Open Evening on Tuesday 27th January.

One of the things that Ofsted commented on was the range of opportunities
on offer for students at Sandown Bay Academy. This is something that we are
really proud of; we offer students a wealth of opportunities to complement
their academic studies. This week a group of Year 11 students visited The
Mayflower Theatre to watch Wicked as part of their GCSE Drama course, a group
of sixth form students spent the day at Chichester University to get an insight
into studying for a Dance degree, History students visited Portsmouth
University, students studying for their Duke of Edinburgh Awards presented
their projects and sixth form mathematicians took part in the Senior UK Maths Challenge, which is a well-recognised and
prestigious event.

There
are 2 information evenings taking place next week for some exciting trips in
2015, the ski trip information evening is at 6pm on Tuesday 11th
November and the Arran trip information evening is at 6pm on Wednesday 12th
November. I recognise that such activities are very expensive at it is always a
dilemma whether we run them when they will be inaccessible to some
families. These two trips have always
been extremely popular so come along and find out about them. It would be a really good point for Sandown
Bay if we can help every young person to do something they would not have
thought possible. I would urge parents to contact us in confidence if we can
help an individual child. We can’t promise but we will listen.

A photo from last year's ski trip

A photo from last year's Arran trip

Year 7
students were congratulated this week for their positive attitude to learning
and exemplary behaviour during lessons; they were rewarded with a certificate
and VIVOs.

The Year 9 girls’
football team are through to the quarter finals of the Hampshire Cup after
beating Cams Hill School 2-1 this week.

Thank you to
the Year 11 Catering students for my cooked breakfast on Thursday morning, I
could get used to that every day!